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Jefferson portrait by Charles Willson Peale
Jefferson portrait by Charles Willson Peale
homas Jefferson by Shane


  • Third president of the United States from 1801 through 1809.
  • Bought Louisiana from France.
  • Democratic-Republican Leader
  • He believed in a weak National Government,State's Powers ,Small Business,Against National Bank
  • Principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
  • Member of the Continental Congress in 1755.



  • Served in the House of Burgesses.
  • Was born on April 13,1743 and died on July 4,1826.
  • He was the author of Virginia Statute for Religios Freedom.